Question 16 · LEK · Surgery of the bile ducts and gallbladder
Type I in the Bismuth classification of the bile duct injury denotes an injury of:
- A. common hepatic duct < 2 cm from the hepatic duct confluence.
- B. common hepatic duct > 2 cm from the hepatic duct confluence.
- C. common bile duct only.
- D. right or left hepatic duct.
- E. at the level of the hepatic duct confluence.
Hint
In the Bismuth system higher types lie closer to or involve the hepatic duct confluence; type I leaves the longest duct stump.
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